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C. L. FLEISCHMANN, or WASHINGTON', DISTRICT or COLUMBIA.

, COTTON WADDING. p

Specification of. Letters Patent No. ,5,161, dated June 19,` 1.8477. Y YI To all whom it may conceraf Be it known that I, CHARLES LEWIS:

FLEISCHMANN, of Washington city, in the District of Columbia, haveinvented a newv and Improved Kind of CottonV Wadding; and I do herebydecla-re that the following is a full and eXact description.

Pelipe cotton wadding as it is made in i the usual way, is covered witha thin film of a glutinous substance which when dry `makes a. porous,soft and delicate cover between which layers `ofcotton fibers areconfined. This delicate film, soon rubs o-f when introduced into dressesor used for other purposes, a-ndin' consequence of that` the fibersseparate vand the wadding tears;l

in order to make this fabric more durable; to prevent the separation ofthe wadding even in case it should breakin some places, and to make itmore convenient in fastening and securing it into dresses, comforts,beds, etc.; I invented a new kind of cotton wadding, the nature of whichconsists in havingthreads, cords, or loose webs inserted in the'surfaces or through the middle of the batting before it is sized, insuch a. manner that the fibers whichA are on the surface of the battingbecome entangled in the threads, cords or loose webs, and form whensized and dried a well combined and strong fabric. This new kind ofcotton wadding v has the advantage over that now in use, that it hasmore strength and greater durability,

and that it facilitates the manufacture of cotton wadding, as by meansof the insertedl threads, cords, or webs, it can be more easily carriedthrough all the various machineries of sizing `and drying, withoutendless belts, 86C.,

The batting as it comes from the cards has the liber all drawn outlengthwise, and

when made'into wadding in the usual mode it tears easily sidewise; toprevent this, the fibers upon the surface must be mat-ted in such manneras to Vplace them in vvall directions; to effect this I pass the battingafter the cords or threads, &c., have been inserted or without thethreads, &c., previous to sizing, between rollers which run in troughsof water or any suitable thin Huid, in order to meisten the batting,whereby. the cotton fibers are caused to unite or mat together, which`may be still more induced by giving these rollers a. vibrating motion.This moist, matted and smooth surface takes up any kind of sizingwithout difliculty and r andv to make such thick wadding,

i makes the surfaceewith or without the threads, cords or webs aperfectly united fabric,-v without being porous, and which is lessliable Ito be torn .in a sidewise direction. The sizing may be of anycomposition whatever; it will spread easily, and can be laid upon thebatting with any known device, as

sizing rollers, revolving brushes,"&c.

In the manufacture of cotton wadding for upholstery work ingenerahthesizing must be thicker and of an impenetrable character` which isreadily accomplished b-y the above described method. Cotton wadding forthe same purpose must be considerably thicker,l i

without being-obliged topass all the cotton which is Vrequired toprodu'ceg..-that thickness,

. through the machineryfan'd drying chamber,

which requires a-Jgreat deal of labor, power,

time Aand fuel. -fI prepare thin wadding according to the mode describedabove, or any other mode and when dry, I split it in two,

and roll every separate sheet upon rollers; where wadding of agiventhickness is required, I place fone of these sheets with'thelglazed surface outward at the bottom, place the cotton of any thicknessupon it, and

upon that the other sheet with the glazed surface outward, and then passthe whole between two rollers, which unites it into a perfect thickAwadding.V In thatV manner Slg.

wadding of horse hair, mop, tow, feathers, i

hair, wool, or any similar substance may be produced.

Figure 1, in the accompanying drawing shows such a wadding with threadsintroducedfon the surfaces lengthwise, a', a, a, a. Fig. 2 is a sectionthrough the wadding of Fig, l, a, a, a, a., c, a the threads or cords,'b

the wadding. Fig. 3shows wadding with a v loose web. Fig. 4 a section ofa waddingin which the threads or cords b, b, b, inserted in themiddlevof the wadding. Fig. 5 shows the mode of splitting the wadding.Fig. 6, wadding, c, the upper glazed sheet,

d, the batting, etc., the under glazed sheet. Y

Fig. 7, shows wadding made or horseV hair, mass, tow, etc.

f the glazed cotton sheet g the introduced material la the other glazedcotton sheet.

' i What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis- Y l. IncorporatingV with glazed cotton batting,cords, threads orloose webs upon its surface or inside, as substantially yabovedescribed. f

2. I also claim the method of glazing cotton batting by wetting thesurface With- Water or any other thin fluid as described, preparatory toapplying the glazingmatter as substantially described. Y

3. And finally I claim the method of Inaking thick glazed cotton battingby splitting a thin cotton batting glazed on both sides or theequivalent substitute therefor, and i11-

